Night at the
OperaOriginal
Limited edition Giclée prints are available from this original.

Carrot Car
Original
Limited edition Giclée prints are available from this original.

Pastel PegsOriginal
Limited edition Giclée prints are available from this original.

Ker Bonk Bingley
being accepted by John Prescott from
Jane for the people of Bingley at the opening of the Bingley Relief
Road

Bradford Artists in Hamm
Hamm is Bradford's twin town. As part of the cultural links between
the towns, there was a visit and exhibition of artists from Hamm in
Cartwright Hall, Bradford. I was delighted to have been chosen as one
of 7 Bradford's artists to visit and show work in Hamm.

Welcome to Jane Fielder's website.
Jane is an artist and owner of The Bingley Gallery, living
and working in Bingley, West Yorkshire, in the UK.

"The Bingley Gallery" is now well established, and has been running since
February 2007. It continues to be a great success.

Read on for all the details of current and approaching
shows. We look forward to seeing you there.

SPECIAL CHRISTMAS OPENING HOURS

WE ARE OPEN EVERY DAY IN
DECEMBER
UNTIL CHRISTMAS DAY

December hours

Mon Tues Wed Sat Sun 10 - 5 pm
Thurs Fri 12 - 6 pm

Closed from Christmas Day until Sat 6 Jan 2017,

We reopen with the
"Under the Bed Sale" starting 10am Sat 6 January, and our normal hours
start again -

Cliffe Castle has been a favourite excursion for many generations of
West Yorkshire residents - inspiring, stimulating and informing young
and old alike. In appreciation of this, members of Aire Valley Arts have
focussed their own creativity on the artefacts, the building and its
surroundings. The resulting series of artworks re-visualise the museum
and its collections in a wide range of media, techniques and approaches.

Jane has 5 pieces in this exhibition. She wrote -

"For over 30 years Cliffe Castle has been one of my
family’s favourite places to visit. With three young boys, with three
young cats, frequent gleeful visits were made to present the taxidermist
with out latest find. Birds and mice were common ‘gifts’ but there was the
occasional rat and once even a rabbit that they had somehow managed to
drag through the cat flap!
The children proudly presented their carefully wrapped precious gifts to
the helpful person at the desk, who without fail appeared eager and
friendly, promising to pass them on to the taxidermist.
So revisiting Cliffe Castle years later with AVA to decide what to focus
on for our upcoming exhibition I was instantly drawn to the collection of
stuffed animals and birds.
As Cliffe Castle was always associated with fun and play I decided to have
fun with the art work and see where it led me."

Jane at Prince of Wales Park, Bingley

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When the gas governor station in Bingley's
Prince of Wales Park had to be rebuilt above ground, the Friends of
Bingley Park worried about the visual impact on the park they had all
too recently adopted and spruced up. and came up with the brilliant
idea of decorating it with one of Jane's pictures.

Jane at
Bingley Pool

The unveiling ceremony for
five of Jane's images brightening up Bingley Pool. The Lord Mayor and
Lady Mayoress of Bradford, Geoff and Chris Reid with Jane
Fielder (right), and (second left) Barry Watson who held the cross
Channel swim record between 1964 & 1976

Past
Shows

RECENT PAST SHOWS (click to view)

You can see a summary of ALL
previous shows at the gallery and elsewhere.
Go here.

Back in early 2015, Jane did an exciting 3-week
painting trip to Shanghai. And in that time she managed to produce a body of
work for a show, and with huge help from Sue Vickerman and her friends in
Shanghai, find a gallery to exhibit and show the work.

I knew Shanghai would be special from people’s reactions when I
mentioned my three week adventure back at home in England, in the
small Yorkshire mill town where I work as an artist and run my own
gallery, but nothing prepared me for the feast that was about to
bombard my senses as the plane approached the airport just two weeks
ago.

My main goal was firstly to GET to Shanghai, then paint and maybe
even organise a show there, all within three weeks. I like a
challenge. With much help from many people I have done it. There are
16 finished paintings on show, all but three painted in Shanghai.

A never ending black worm with legs, snaked its way across the sea,
into infinity, as the plane approached Pudong. As we descended, I
realised this was some kind of roadway with cars moving along it. It
was the first of the sights that I will never forget of my three week
odyssey to Shanghai.

From that moment on I decided to keep a visual diary of all the
treats that I was about to encounter. To jot down notes at the end of
each of the 21 days and draw very spontaneous images of the
highlights. I started off well, but then the “show” took over! There
are just four of the completed ‘diary’ pieces in the show but ….back
to the beginning of my adventure.

About a year ago, one of my friends, Sue Vickerman, poet, novelist
and artist’s model, had burst into the life room in great excitement,
declaring she was going to Shanghai for a year, “You’ll have to come
Jane. You could paint, you’d love it.” the seed was planted. I dreamt
of painting, artist’s exchanges, exhibiting….

Out to the blue, in February I got an email “Can you come now, we
come back in July?” My mind was made up, how could I miss the chance
of a lifetime opportunity. “We may even be able to get you a show,
it’s like that in China – things just happen”

I found a flat, booked a flight and here we were approaching Pudong
with “worm”, the first of the amazing sights.

Each day I went out, improvised portfolio in hand and drew around
the city, returning to our flat at night, to convert the meagre
sketches to paintings.

Space, not making a mess (in our pristine apartment), limited
materials and time were restricting factors. Usually I work large and
free, to be confined to the smaller pieces of paper, the biggest we
could get in our suitcases, was challenging. I soon burst onto some
huge pieces of found cardboard and was away. This exhibition is the
result of what followed.

I will never forget the amazing sights, sounds and smells of this
remarkable city, but without a doubt, the memory that will remain with
me forever is the kindness, consideration, friendliness, respect and
”can do” attitude of the amazing people we have met in Shanghai.

Thank you so much to everyone who has made this experience so
special, and to EIGHT ART HOTEL for this wonderful exhibition.

And the Other Galleries and places where Jane
currently has work on display or available to purchase!

and a
critic's view of the work. This is a critique by Mike Flay. Mike's
collection of short stories Closed Doors is on sale in the gallery at
£7.99.

and an
interesting mention in
an article in the "Scotland on Sunday" paper, in an interview with well known
poet and novelist
Sophie Hannah. Sophie's recent new novel, The Other Half Lives, is set
in the world of art, and Jane's work is featured in the plot, and the book is
DEDICATED to her!

Scott
Barden, Scott creates expressionist oil paintings of cityscapes and
towns; from the wattle and daub of Suffolk and Essex where he grew up, to
the stone buildings of Bradford, Yorkshire, where he now lives.

WE have been in new premises since March 2013. Just 3 doors up the road, from
29A Park Road, to 29 Park Road. For those who know Bingley well, this is to what
used to be Cranshaws Chemist. We have more room on the ground floor, with 3
separate spaces there. We hope it will give you a better opportunity to browse a
full range of work without the stairs in between! PLUS there is a big
cellar area where we have an extended choice, with some more whimsical and
unusual pieces.